Weekend East, 20 February 1992

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  • 17 1 WEEKEND east YOUR WEEKLY FAMILY NEWSPAPER Thursday/Sunday, February 20, 1992 MITA (P) 4/10/91 Vol. 7 No. 7
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 129 1 Tampines year 2012: Pages ‘Don’t worry, ambulance is on the way O') Received 2 0 FEB 1992 \V s y f v i 1 > V\ 'VxZZI&y S4tSr& x y V V'J*r Tf7T»u V V* i* <mM V >1 >. v s N V ‘v ,'4/ A*«fc> r 41 >
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    • 198 1 Nikon BEST BUY HOLD THE WINNING A i New Nikon Winner With the uniaue supereyes pash, a Nikon innovation, fust touch and this system pres four times to eliminate all red-eyes effects and also open up vour subject's eye and make it big bright and beautiful. The auto focus all
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  • 272 2  -  Three who came to help motorcyle crash victim... By LINCOLN TAN THREE men went to the aid of a motorcycle crash victim as he lay badly hurt in a drain after his bike skidded during a heavy downpour at East Coast Parkway last Monday afternoon. The three
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  • 146 2 WEEKENDeast photographer Alex Lim was so moved by the actions of the three men that he too joined in to help. Said Alex: “I know it is my duty to take pictures, but I feel that helping to save a life is just as
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 494 2 /C--OLIVIA FINGER PRESS 548 Serangoon Road (Opp. Shell Station) S pore 0812 Tel: *****73, *****17 Daily Business Hours: 10a.m. to lOp.m Fo°t Reflexology MASSAGE (Ancient Thai, Indonesia or Japanese Style) yr Above services are available for MEN at Ist Floor LADIES are separately at 2nd Floor by our female masseur.
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    • 82 2 i.House of Beer Sausage 101 Thomson Rd, WBI 12/14 United Square S(***** Tel: *****16 Ruiinen Hours Mon Sun I2pni 2pni/spm 2»m Outside CRl> Free P*rkih(t (Alter 61 31 Serving more than 100 kinds of Bears! Exclusive barman Baers Wei/en Beet Dab Pilsenet Ttaditional Dab Beet Hansa Beet Exclusive English Beerr
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 301 3 20 Glorious Foodstalls To Satisfy Every Tastebud It’s delightful place offering a wide variety of tasty and yummy dishes to tempt everyone. Enjoy spicy and aromatic Indian and Malay, hot and tangy Thai. Distinctive Penang, Ole Mexican, shake a pizza. Munchy dogs and burgers, tall cool quenchers, and delightful desserts.
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  • Community news
    • 437 4  -  Training of teachers, upgrading of facilities to match independent schools By LINCOLN TAN A SCHOOL at East Coast Road has started a training programme to improve its teaching standards. It is using brochures to “market" the school to foreign students and interested parents.
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    • 134 4 Marine Parade residents get phone numbers of essential services A TELEPHONE directory card of essential services has been given to residents in Marine Parade Town. The Marine Parade Town Council has printed 30,000 of such cards and distributed them to Housing Board flats in Marine Parade, Geylang Serai.
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    • 159 4 DESIGN your own poster to fight anti-social habits. The competition, launched by the Bedok Town Council, is open to all Housing Board residents of the town. It will be based on themes such as the “Correct way of burning joss paper “Anti-social
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 366 4 OPENING SALE PONT' MISS Ready made chairs at cost price. Cash Carry While stocks last! $lO5 (with hydraulic) 149 Visiting chair with arm rest $2OO without arm rest 180 Brilliant Office Chairs Pte Ltd Showroom cum office: Blk 845 Geylang Rd. #O2-29 Tanjong Katong Complex S(1440) Tel: *****98/*****72 Fax: *****49
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 696 5 Newsman Group Newsman thaVIL 100 Orchard Road #O2-39 Meridien Shopping Centre Tel: *****22 (20 Lines) Branches: #BI-34 Parkway Parade Te1:*****90 #O2-27 The Adelphi, 1 Coleman Street Tel: *****26 #BI-12 People’s Park Centre, 101 Upper Cross St. S pore 0105 Tel: *****33 SCAN TOURS JET HOLIDAY INTER TRAVEL VISTA HOLIDAYS INLAND
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  • LETTERS
    • 128 6 I REFER to your report “75 rat holes found in this building” (WEEKENDeast. January 30). There is also a rat problem in Blocks 138 and 137, Tampines Street 11. The rats have plagued residents since the beginning of Tampines New Town in 1983.
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    • 81 6 SBS should extend the operation time of M 4, which ends at 8 pm. What’s more, M 4 does not operate on Sundays and public holidays. It is ridiculous that residents staying in Marine Parade and along Still Road cannot use the MRT
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  • 55 6 TRAVEL SHOTS FOR A MERE 5 baht (80 cents) the Akha tribes in Thailand will give you a lesson in the evils of opium and prostitution. This comes, of course, with a pleasant picture of the tribe. Picture taken by Chow Wing Lok, Singapore
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  • 96 6 I WOULD like to bring to your attention a spring rocking horse that has toppled over at a playground in Bedok Reservoir. I would like to know why the horse was not cemented to the ground. Are all the rocking horses in
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 188 6 Ck in ONE THIRD CHOICE r c RENOVATION CONTRACTOR l7O Upp Bt Timih #Bl 43 Bt Timih Shppg Centre S(2158) Tel 4SCSC2B *****48 Business Mrs: 10 00am to 9 00pm 1. Whole house ceramic flooring include skirting 2. Kitchen sink with 2 support, include 8” 18" ceramic tiles. 3. Cooker
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    • 144 6 lONAIR 2000 AIR PURIFIER lONIZER ONL mm Remove Unpleasant Smell, Air Dust, Bacteria Smoke Reduce Static Charge From TV, VGA, Synthetic Materials Ideal for Offices. Clinic,Children's room. Store room. Factories, Car other Air-Con Area. Send us your order we’ll parcel-deliver to your doorstep. lONAIR 2000(with Fan Charcoal Filter) Size 184
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    • 93 6 BOHAN ST 21 i V" SIZE: 45" x 31“ U P $lB9 NOW: $95 SIZE: 48* x 44* U P: $289 NOW: $l9B SIZE: 48* x 48* U P: $328 NOW: $228 LOYANG PLAYTHING CENTRE The One Slop Shop For All Your Baby Products/Toys Blk 201 E, #O2-102 Tampines Ave
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous

  • BEAUTY & HEALTH
    • 513 7  -  No more hunger pangs when you lose weight By PHILIP SMITH National Enquirer AN AMAZING new high-fibre cookie has helped people to lose weight, according to doctors. Everyone who ate Physicians Fiber Slim Plus cookies while on a low-fat diet in clinical trials lost up
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    • 197 8  -  By CELINE TEO BREEZY blues and cool whites welcome spring. Casual long dresses and skirts in light flowing fabrics with white clover prints on navy blue highlight the nautical theme while remaining soft and feminine. Stripes, dots and floral prints make a comeback in Esprit’s Spring '92
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 97 7 fI H PARKWAY HEALTH CENTRE No. 80, MARINE PARADE ROAD #O4-02 4TH STOREY. PARKWAY PARADE SINGAPORE 1544 TEL: 440-9090 440-9091 Conic and relax in our newly renovated and cosy health centre. Let our young and charming masseuses case away your tired muscles. Business Mrs: 10.00 am -11.00 pm Services provided:-
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    • 166 7 ■ft. vt a pi st Florrisimme Beauty Centre #O4-24 Cuppage Plaza Tel: *****84/*****01 #O2-18 Katong Shopping Centre Tel: 345 9220 Blk 181 #Ol-2936 Ang Mo Kio Ave 5 Tel: 458 1985 24 HOURS AFTER TREATMENT SERVICE FULL BODY TRIMMING EFFECTIVE WEIGHT-LOSS PROGRAMME (With Sensible Diet Programme) Only $350 for five
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 261 8 The first professional that gives your eyes permanent beauty. Eyebrow reshaping is the latest scientific technique of drawing permanent eyebrows. Marina Square *Ol-306 Singapore 0103 Tel: *****88/*****89 With our experience and expertise in this field, we promise you reshaped eyebrows so beautiful you will not even believe they are your
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    • 80 8 A HAIR ROOTS m m w&m unisex salon Cut $l5 m «r* Perm $45 V and above v msF Treatment $2O to $25 Wash Blow /f— $6 $lO (1 free treatment for every perm) We have moved from Orchard to Tampines with our experienced and London trained stylist: Kelvin. Sadiah,
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 380 9 Your Choice Is Only RIGHT If Only You Choose BEAUTY EXPRESS... The Total Beauty Specialist! 'We specialise in: Painless Eyebrow Eyeliner Tatto. (including correction of badly done tattoos) Removal of moles and oily spots by laser. Effective facial care for open pores, blemishes and pigmentation. Painless electrolysis with electronic computerised
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  • 478 10  -  Pensioner relives day of horror 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FALL OF SINGAPORE By CELINE TEO SHRAPNEL from a bullet which hit him during his “execution” 50 years ago are still in his knee. The bullet that was meant to kill Mr Chan Chong Yean
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 72 10 ‘IT’S NOW OR NEVER’ REMOVAL SALE 4 DAYS ONLY! All New Pianos, Upright/Grand Must Be Cleared Seize this opportunity to own a fabulous Ist class world-renowned W.German or British piano at the lowest minimal price SEILER (W.Germany) Classic Model Offer Prom $ll 880 GROVER GROVER (U.K) Offer From $7OOO s\>
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    • 73 10 REJUVI The Next Step In Quality Skin Care Discover For Yourself The Advantages Of RFJLJVI Which Offers Skin Protection, Skin Nourishment, Skin' Improvements To Visible Lines, Marks. Blemishes, Age Spots, And Freckles/ 5 yuvi rejuvi |c i'bJuv* id carc roK v,t 'fcjuvi SMdwlw W' alio n. Ple<ue'TMl JDS MARKETING Tel*
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  • Entertainment
    • 274 11  -  Reporter SHARON LIM finds that the new Telok Ayer Festival Market dishes out more than food... By SHARON LIM THE first thought that comes to mind when anyone mentions Lau Pa Sat is food. But the food haven offers more; there are things to buy at this
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 136 11 The Pick of Our Chefs HIGH TEA at $6 nett and it's not a Tall Tale! Unbelievable, eh! But it's no tall tale, just a very, very tall and sumptuous spread. Slew Mai liar Kow Hwa Hu Kueh BBQ Chicken Wing Fried Carrot Cake Fried Mee Goreng Lonlong Spring Roll
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  • Community news
    • TAMPINES YEAR 2012
      • 474 12/13  -  By SHARON LIM IMAGINE dining at a sidewalk cafe, shopping at a bigname store, doing banking and visiting the museum or art gallery all within walking distance from your Housing Board flat. This dream will become a reality when the Tampines Regional Centre the
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      • 275 12/13 Concern over high cost of living HIGHER cost of living was the main concern expressed by residents and grassroots leaders of Eunos GRC. During the question and answer session chaired by the MP for Eunos GRC and chairman of Eunos
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  • 369 12/13  -  By LARRY HALEY Na- tional Enquirer JACK and Donna Wright own 600 cats that are literally eating them out of house and home. The couple are being evicted because they cannot pay their mortgage after spending more than
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  • Page 12/13 Advertisements
    • 242 12/13 "A SWIMMING POOL, IT'S A GREAT IDEA." Buy Now Save $2,000 $3,000 (Because of lower Australian Dollar exchange rates) Quality Fibreglass Pools From Australia BEST VALUE FOR MONEY Sfigle maided int, no jw* 10 yews ftuctnl she! warranty 3 yan warranty on pod equpmerts Sail chlorinated water pod ’l2 mentis
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    • 92 12/13 «TJ 5T* m H** ■w V B W After Gorgeous Figures Don’t Just Happen! Before WE’LL MATCH IT RIGHT WITH OUR PERFECT PROGRAMMES... DRC Method Thermal Trim Massage Detoxification Herbal Method Nutritional Method Pear Shaped Figure Correction CATCH TRIMLINE’S TRIPLE FREE OFFERS. 1) Free Treatments 2) Free Herbal Products 3)
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  • Weekend food
    • 501 14  -  By CELINE TEO FISHBONE Freddy is skinny and all bones. He got the name because everyone thought he ate only fishbones! Jellyfish Jeff is the 23-year-old cheery restaurant captain who likes to take orders and appears to have no bones. Tiger Prawn
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    • 447 15  -  By SHARON LIM THIS old coffeeshop stall serves what a Chinese restaurant would offer shark’s fin soup and stewed abalone. These Chinese delicacies are side dishes to complement the main course, minced pork and mushroom noodles. Both dishes are tasty and cooked
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    • 125 15 ARE you always sleepy and have problems concentrating when you study? The “Art of Learning” strives to make you excel by using innovative learning methods. These methods include acquiring memory skills, power concentration training and increasing selfconfidence and self-motivation. According to co-founder and master trainer
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 215 14 For good Thai cuisine and traditional homecooked Thai food come to: a-roylhai rest a n rant Try our Tom Yam Soup (Prawns Chicken Fish) Tom kha kai Chicken in lemon flavoured coconut milk soup Crispy Bean Curd Relachan Rice Special Thai Noodle Tom Yam Noodle Fried Fish With Mango WEEUPW
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    • 90 14 B HIGH TEA BUFFET AT $7.50* -'Ome to CHAO PHAYA this weekend to savour over 20 varieties of exotic Thai favourites. Price is inclusive of Fruit Punch, Coffee Tea. Saturdays Sundays 3.00pm-5.00pm Adult: s73o* Child: $5.00* All prices subject to 5% service charge. Chao Phaya Thai Seafood Market Restaurant Blk
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 321 15 The original famous Kee Ling Garden Steamboat has arrived at Bedok where you will get to enjoy different varieties of food available with two type of flavoured soup. Hat all you can at a very economical price of $B.OO nett Adult and $4.00 nett Child (5-10 yrsold) customers are entitled
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  • Feature
    • 525 16  -  By JAMES McCANDLISH Na- tioaal Enquirer “MY COMATOSE doomed-to-die wife gave birth to a bouncing baby boy after being kept alive on lifesupport machines for six weeks! “She died right after giving birth when she was disconnected from life
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    • 319 21 Shoplifters grab $1.64 m in loot and set up own discount store National Enquirer A COUPLE went on an amazing shoplifting spree and started their own department store with US$l million ($1.64 m) worth of stolen loot, police say. Darryl Vincent, 53, and his girlfriend, Eleana Kouznetsova, 21, put as
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    • 192 21 COMMUNITY CLUBS Fengshan (*****36): Learn how to swim. Join an adult swimming course, starting today from 7 to 8.30 pm. Fees: $35 (member). $40 (non-member) for 12 sessions. Kg Kcmbangan (449-6022): A talk on dating, courtship, love and marriage by marriage counsellor Dr Balhetchet will be held every
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 240 16 SEAFOOD PROMOTION 1992 now at Seafood Restaurant (Master B.S. Huan Seafood Chain) 5, Changi Village Road **ol -2063 (Next to Le Meridien Changi) Singapore 1750 15% OFF all Seafood dishes listed in the menu CRAB PRAWN FISH ‘M A Lunch: 11.30 am -2.30 pm ~v|l Dinner: 5.30 pm -11.00 pm
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    • 98 16 ism BEE CHUN HENG E G1 KENG KEE wa Blk 685 Race Course Road #Ol-326 Singapore 0821 (Facing Serangoon Road) Blk 333 Kreta Ayer Road #Ol-19 Singapore 0208 1088 Serangoon Road Singapore 1233 Blk 4 Rochor Centre #Ol-540 Singapore 0718 it Tel: *****02 Tel: *****78 Tel: *****35 Tel: *****26 IE
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  • Arts update
    • 415 17  -  By CELINE TEO WHAT do a cheeky old man, a henpecked husband scheming to murder his wife, a small town girl who daydreams and a mailman who reads everyone’s mail, have in common? They are characters in “Under Milk Wood”, a play about a
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  • Page 17 Advertisements
    • 79 17 4£ ok (t$ fa STARLIGHT KARAOKE LOUNGE BLK 9008, Tampines Street 93 #Ol-09 S( 1852) Tel: *****68, *****40 (BEHIND TAMPINES SAFRA) VIP KTV ROOMS A VAILABLE Our Uniquely designed karaoke lounge with the latest sound system has an array of the latest pop hits in English, Chinese, Japanese, Cantonese Hokkien
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    • 89 17 IMMbi furniture Centre AERO FURNISHINGS THAT ARE AT HOME IN ANY HOME Display'Your Individua I/m w n Style ModuUr DuipUy Unit Availahlp In AccnrtpH i rUnTirc W A 5 m 1 L m A ml 1 l 71 ivn )000/0 2000/0 AB/' 0)3/0 .Bedroom 8 Al i )300 y ru
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  • Entertainment
    • 345 18  -  Band is pulling in the crowd By YASMIN KHAN I WALKED into a pub packed with people laughing and screaming their heads off. Gingerbread’s Freddie Stewart was singing “I Don't Want to Talk About It”, made popular by Rod Stewart. The crowd went wild when
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  • Page 18 Advertisements
    • 350 18 JACKSPEED AUTOMOBILE SERVICE CENTRE Blk 9006, Tampines Street 93 #Ol-202, S’pore 1852 Tel: *****28 (3 Lines) Fax: *****09 Service Package 1. Engine oil change Formil Lub. 4 Ltrs. 2 Oil Filter 3 Pump Grease 4 Wheel Alignment Side Slip. 5 Complete Undercarriage check Body Engine wash $8 additional. JEaF 6.
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  • What’s on
    • Article, Illustration
      532 19 "FRIENDS” or "Tomodachi" by one of Japan’s predominant modern writers, Abe Kobo, will be staged by the International School of Singapore. The play uses the modern, absurd, and dramatic style of playwright Eugene lonesco. It is a comedy, but the humour is dark and often sinister. In the
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    • 147 19 “OLD Women In Chinatown” (left) will feature photographs taken in Chinatown. Seen through the eyes of Herman photographer Wolfgang Pippert who has been living in Singapore since 1985, the old women of Chinatown are a vivid reminder of the old days of Singapore. Pippert’s respect for the
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  • Page 19 Advertisements
    • 140 19 UJ u* rn J hacienda grove\ ALFA CREDIT fIOAD COAST east UPPER r ‘t road PARADE MARINE A oA Or Purchase any Proton Saga now and a NOKIA handphone worth $lBOO is yours absolutely free. Only while stocks last. PROTON SAGA PUTS THE EAST COAST ON THE MAP. The only
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  • 552 20  -  WEEKEND PEOPLE takes you this week to a Holland Road bungalow where a family keeps 20 rabbits, 3 dogs, 2 cats, 16 guinea pigs, 6 fish, a hamster and 2 budgerigars... By YASMIN KHAN THREE dogs, two cats, 20 rabbits, 16 guinea pigs, six fish,
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  • Page 20 Advertisements
    • 214 20 12 th bedok centre ELECTRICAL CO. ANNIVERSARY Blk 214 Bedok Town Centre #Ol-163 Tel: *****32/3 Free 2 pcs E 120 tapes VS-P 9 EMB Video Cassette Player Usual SAWTNow $349 Remote Control (Cordless) PAL System NTSC Playback on PAL TV Auto Functions AKAI HARI RAYA SPECIAL OFFER PLUS FUEt SIFTS
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  • Page 21 Advertisements
    • 156 21 (Mature v fo'- W If *'f| E After 52.5 Kg ,-e Qontrof' Naturally The Natural Way Are you facing a similar problem? If so, please feel free to call on us for a No Obligation Consultation. Tel: *****65/ *****10 Business Hours: Monday Friday: 10.00 a- 7.30 pm Saturday: 10.00 am
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    • 76 21 Family v\v^ Laser Your Neighbourhood Laser Shop 2000 titles available for Sales Rental i ■> 111 »ru LD Guide Description ol All Available titles Given Free lo Members! 19 Tai Thong Crescent, 5(1334) Tel: *****04/*****25 Business Hours: Mon to Sat 11 am 9.30 pm Sun Public Holiday 11 am 7pm
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  • Page 22 Advertisements
    • 1037 22 Classified Ad Bank 1-h Religious Notices 7am the LORD who healeth thee” Exodus 15:26 elcome to our Worship Service this Sunday 23 February '92 9.30 am Republic Theatre 1 (Marine Parade) SPEAKER: Pastor Tay Cheng Kee We will pray for the sick Come anti hear teslimonies of those trho were
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  • Page 22 Miscellaneous
    • 29 22 3-a Child-Care Centres NURSERY and RIHPCLOAtTtN Mrnic lira; Full day care programme at Little Angel's Creche 4A Roseourn Avenue (off Frankel Ave) 5(1545) -Tel: *****28o 0 SuMMMINIC* Li CrIMMASTtt
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  • Page 23 Advertisements
    • 1586 23 Classified Ad Bank 8 Domestic Help Available ECP HOME MAIDS Employment Agency 101-27 Katong Shopping Centre 865 Mountbatten Road S-1543 TEL: 440 9398 21 Party Wedding Services V. a/ New Bio-datas Filipina/Sri Lankan/Thai Do call us or visit us to discuss your needs for a Domestic Helper. GOODLUCK FRIENDS CENTRE
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  • Page 24 Advertisements
    • 373 24 i V- 0 4 V“:»: I as i w? -•> A s an uncle, I adore my niece and I love all her hugs and kisses. As a person, what I didn't like was that my body used to be very similar to Buddy The Bear's, my niece's (uddly stuffed
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